In pictures: FNC elections, voters cast ballots across UAE

Um Al Qaiwain, UAE. September 24, 2011: An Emirati man casts his vote in a box at the Ministry of Culture in Um Al Qaiwain on FNC election day. Jaime Puebla / The National Newspaper

Fujairah, UAE. September 24, 2011: Abdullah Al Thanhani (3 years old) with his mother in the polling station at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre. Pawan Singh / The National

RAK, UAE. September 24, 2011. A voter casts her ballot at the Exhibition Centre in Ras Al Khaimah city on FNC election day. Antonie Robertson/The National

Abu Dhabi, UAE. September 24, 2011 Dr Awnar Mohammad al Gargash, Miunister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for FNC Affairs (second from left) greets some of the candidates who have arrived and are waiting and anxiously watching as votes are cast for them. Delores Johnson / The National

Dubai, UAE. September 24, 2011 - A voter casts his ballot at the Trade Centre on FNC election day. Ravindranath K / The National

Sharjah, UAE. September 24, 2011: Emirati men cast their votes at the Sharjah Expo Centre FNC voting station. Satish Kumar / The National )

Ajman, UAE. September 24, 2011. A woman casts her ballot during the FNC elections in Ajman. Pawel Dwulit / The National